Barrel-heater and feed-cooker.



c.. H. vAN ALsTYNE.

Patented Aug. 29, |899."

BARBELVHEATER AND FEED COUKEB.

(No Model.)

(Appxicatiop med Apr. 15, ms.,

UNTTED STATES PATENT muon.

BARREL-HEATER AND FEED-COOKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 632,160, dated August 29, 1899.

Application iilecl April l5, 1899.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. VAN AL- STYNE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Manchester, in the county of Delaware and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Barrel-Heaters and Feed-Cookers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to barrel-heaters and feed-cookers; and the primary object of the same is to rapidly heat a greater quantity of water in a barrel than has heretofore been possible by analogous structures for the purpose of mixing and cooking feed for stock and without danger of ignition of surrounding materials or devices after the heater is withdrawn from the barrel or tank.

A further object of the invention is to utilize less fuel in attaining the necessary degree of heat by having the fuel burn downwardly and direct the smoke, gases, and particles of combustion upwardly through surrounding lines, around and between which the water freely circulates and be finally carried off from the top of the heater.

rlhe invention consists of the construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a perspective view of a barrel or receptacle, showing the improved heater held therein. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the heater shown broken away. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section of the heater. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section of the heater.

Referring to the drawings, wherein similar numerals are employed to indicate corresponding parts in the several views, the numeral 1 designates a barrel or receptacle of any suitable size or dimension having hooks 2 movably attached to the opposite portions of the top in diametric positions. Within said barrel or receptacle a heater 3 is adapted to be movably placed, and consists of an outer surrounding casing 4, which slightly tapers toward the bottom and preferably formed of sheet metal having a more substantial cast or other metal top 5, with a central opening 6 seria No. 713,137. dro model.)

and a smoke-pipe collar 7 at one side. The casing 4 is made fast to the top 5, and the latter has rods 8 projecting diametrlcally outward therefrom for engagement with the hooks 2,connected with eyes 2, applied either directly to the casing orV to the barrel. In the latter construction the hooks also serve to hold the heater down in the barrel or receptacle. On the top 5 and in the openingG a closing-cover 9 is removably placed and has central draft-openings 10, controlled bya damper l1 and also provided with a handle 12.- are intended to be applied, so as to create the necessary draft, though these may be varied to suit different attendant conditions.

The bottom 13 of the casing 4 is closed, and below the same depends a base-flange I4, substantially continuous therewith and having apertures l5 in the same for the circulation of air under the said bottom and materially reduce the caloric at this part of the casing to prevent scorching or burning of the rest on which the device may be placed when To the collar 7 about three pipe-sections.

removed from the barrel and also permit a g bottom circulation of the water at this point when the heater is in the barrel.V

Secured to the top 5 and alining with the wall of the opening 6 is a magazine-shell 16, which depends centrally into the casing 4. Surrounding the shell at predetermined distances apart are upper and lower annular heads 17 and 1S, each of which has a series of flue-openings 19. and wherein the upper and lower ends of flues 2O are secured. The peripheries of the said heads are snugly fitted lin the casin g 4 to form water-tight joints, and the uppermost head forms, with the top 5 and adjacent parts of the casing'and shell, an annular chamber2l to receive the smoke and products of combustion and with which the opening surrounded by the collar 7 communicates. The lower end of the shell 16 extends below the lower-most head 18 to prevent the lower end's of the flues from becoming clogged with soot and ashes. These fines are so situated that passages are formed entirely around the same, and at a short distance above the lower head openings 22 are formed in opposite portions of the casing 4. These openings 22 permit the water to flow in and circulate IOO about the iiues, and thereby become more rapidly and thoroughly heated to thev desired degree, and the perforate plates 23 act in a measure as strainers. The provision of the said openings also permits a greater quantity of water to be placed in the barrel Without slopping or running over, as the displacement is materially reduced owin g to the inlet into the casing 4.

In operation the lire is started in the heater and the magazine-shell 16 thereof iilled with fuel. A sufiicient or desired quantity of water is then poured into the barrel l and the heater placed in the same and held in proper position by engaging the hooks 2 with the eyes 2a at the sides of the barrel. The water will now freely circulate through the openings 22 in the shell within the confinement of the heads 17 and 1S and around the lues 20. When the water has reached a suitable degree of heat or ebullition, the hooks 2 are released from the eyes 2 and the heater withdrawn from the barrel and the feed mixed with the hot water and cooked. The water drains out of the heater as it is taken out down to the lowermost level of the openings 22, and the water that remains in the heater `below said openings will protect the iiues if any ire remains in the device.

During the operation of the heater the fire burns downward toward the bottom of shell 1G and the heat and products of combustion drawn upward through the lines 20 and nally out through the smoke-fine. By this means the heating qualities of the device are increased and a comparatively less amount of fuel is required to attain the necessary heated condition of the Water than heretofore in similar devices.

The device forms a valuable acquisition to the implements of the farming class and may serve many useful purposes aside from that set forth.

To accommodate Various applications, changes in the proportions, dimensions, and structural details may be resorted to without departing from the nature or spirit of the invention or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- I.` In a feed-cooker, a heater having its upper end open, a top fitted to the open end of the heater, a barrel or receptacle adapted to have the heater removably litted therein, rods projecting outwardly from the said top, engaging devices at the sides of the heater and receptacle,and hooks or like fastenin gs mounted upon the said rods and adapted for attachment with the engaging devices of either the heater or the receptacle, substantially as described.

2. In a feed-cooker, ashell having openings in its sides intermediate of its ends for the ingress and egress of the water to be heated, a magazine located wit-hin the shell, a top extending over and closing the space formed between the upper ends of the magazine and the shell and having a smoke-outlet, upper and lower spaced horizontal heads subdividing the space between the magazine and shell shell, a second head connecting the upperj portionof the magazine with the upper part of the shell, the portion of the shell between the upper and lower heads having openings for the ingress and egress of the Water to be heated, and spaced vertical lues arranged between the heads and connected at their ends therewith and opening therethrough, substantially as described.

4f. In a feed-cooker, a shell having its lower end portion and its middle portion provided with openings, a bottom located above the lower set of openings and closing the lower end of the shell, a magazine placed within the shell and having its lower end terminating a short distance from the bottom thereof,

a top extending over the space formed be` tween the magazine and shell and attached to the upper end of each and provided with a smoke-outlet and a central opening, a cover fitted to the opening of the top and havinga damper, upper and lower spaced horizontal heads connecting the magazine with the shell at points beyond the middle set of `openings in the sides of the shell, the lower head being in a plane above the lower end of the magazine, and spaced vertical iiues connecting the heads and opening at their ends therethrough, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES ll. VAN ALSIYNE.

Witnesses:

CHAs. E; BRoNsoN, HENRY BnoNsoN.

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